British Dance: Black Routes

Zusatztext A timely text and a much needed one too! [...] An edited collection that does "celebrate achievements of British-based dancers who are Black" P.3) and calls for more of these histories to be shared.Dr Sarahleigh Castelyn Informationen zum Autor Ramsay Burt, Christy Adair Zusammenfassung British Dance, Black Routes is an outstanding collection of writings that re-reads the achievements of Black British dance artists, and places them within a broad historical, cultural and artistic context. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction . Christy Adair and Ramsay Burt 2. Berto Pasuka’s Les Ballets Nègres. Thea Barnes 3. Researching British (Underground) Jazz Dancing 1979-1990. Jane Carr 4. Just after the Pulse, Rhythm Takes All: The Inside Habitat of Improvisation. Sheron Wray 5. African Dance in England: Spirituality and Choreography. Bob Ramdhanie 6. Feel De Riddim, Feel De Vibes: spiritual meaning within Jamaican Dancehall. H Patten 7. The formation of Black dance/African Peoples’ dance sector in Britain. ‘Funmi Adewole 8. Negotiating the Centre. Christy Adair and Ramsay Burt 9. Afterword . Anita Gonzales

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• Authors: Christy Adair, Christy Burt Adair, Ramsay Burt, Ramsay Adair Burt
• Assisted by: Christy Adair (Editor), Adair Christy (Editor), Ramsay Burt (Editor), Burt Ramsay (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.09.2016
• EAN: 9781138913707
• ISBN: 978-1-138-91370-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Dance, Performing Arts, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Reference, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / History & Criticism, Theatre Studies, United Kingdom, Great Britain